Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley Re-unite at Broadway Play

Daniel Radcliffe got a nostalgic visit Thursday night after his performance in the off-Broadway play Privacy,

Harry Potter alums Bonnie Wright, who played Ginny Weasley, and Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Potter films, paid a visit to Radcliffe backstage after the show. Wright posted a photo of the trio on Instagram, writing, “Reunion! Congrats Dan on another stellar performance. Google is terrifying and I’m now scared to use my phone. Can say no more. Go see Privacy!”

Lovely. It seems every other month Potter fans get treated to an Instagram or tweet of old cast members re-uniting for our viewing pleasure. How does this rank among past HP reunions? It’s pretty good, certainly a solid seven out of 10. Anytime a “reunion” photo includes the Boy Who Lived, it automatically shoots to the top of the rankings. Same goes if Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) are there, though Watson is much more elusive. Extra points can also be earned if the reunion takes place somewhere completely unrelated to the Potter universe, considering most cast reunions occur at official events, like the April opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Hollywood.

A great example comes from last March, when Wright, Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Grint, and James Phelps (Fred Weasley) got drinks in West Hollywood, which Felton cheerfully ’grammed for his loyal followers. This reunion gets a boost for its location—imagine being an Angeleno and walking into your local bar to see this quartet knocking back a few Butterbeers, grinning, and shouting over the music, “So how have you been, man?" Extra marks for snagging a core main character (Ron) and the sheer density of Weasleys. Ten points for Gryffindor!

Reunions at official HP events become really worthwhile only when they veer from the standard red carpet shot. This wonderfully absurd photo of Felton, Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick) and Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange) came from a visit to the Gringotts Bank at the Wizarding World—but just look at it. Extra points for originality and snagging a Hogwarts professor. A thousand extra points alone for Bonham Carter, whose rare presence is the equivalent of catching the Golden Snitch or, say, a Mewtwo in Pokémon Go. This is what we want to see in reunions.